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Allan Strang (11 October 1921 – 4 February 1996) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1][2]

Allan Strang
Personal information
Full name Allan Strang
Date of birth (1921-10-11)11 October 1921
Date of death 4 February 1996(1996-02-04) (aged 74)
Original team(s) Albury
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1947–1948 South Melbourne 15 (17)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1948.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

He was the brother of Richmond premiership players Doug & Gordon Strang and St Kilda footballer Colin Strang,

Strang who was a marking forward was recruited after talent scouts saw him in a practice match between Albury and the Army.[3] He spent two years playing for St George in Sydney before moving to Melbourne to play for the same team his father did between 1904 and 1913.[4] In 1949, he was cleared to play with Williamstown.[5] Strang accepted a contract to captain coach the Wagga Tigers in 1950.[6]

He was the uncle of dual Richmond premiership player Geoff Strang, and the uncle of Richmond premiership player John Perry.


Notes


  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 855. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. Note that this Allan Strang (Allan with "ll") is a different individual from the Alan Leslie Strang (Alan with "l") who played Seconds Football for Melbourne: see Deaths: Strang, The Argus, (Saturday, 25 July 1942), p.2, Service Casualties, The Argus, (Friday, 24 July 1942), p.3., and "Alan Strang", at Demonwiki.
  3. "Another Strang in South's Colors?". Record. 23 September 1944.
  4. "Former N.s.w. Rules Stars". Sydney Morning Herald. 1948.
  5. "South Player at Williamstown". Argus. 1949.
  6. "Wagga 'Rules Club's Good 1950 Season". Daily Advertiser. 7 March 1951.




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